Roane County elects Kent Calfee for House seat

Roane County citizens elected Republican Kent Calfee to represent them in the Tennessee House of Representatives, 32nd District.

by Beverly Majors/Staff

Roane County citizens elected Republican Kent Calfee to represent them in the Tennessee House of Representatives, 32nd District.

District 32 includes Roane County and part of Loudon County.

Calfee, and his opponents, Democrat Jack McNew and Independent Allen Cole are all first-time candidates.

Calfee received about 69 percent of the vote in Roane County and about 72 percent in Loudon County. McNew received about 27 percent of the vote in Roane and about 21 percent in Loudon, while Cole received about 5 percent in Roane and 7 percent in Loudon. Calfee was also the leader in the early voting numbers.

Calfee, who is retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was a Roane County commissioner for 20 years. He defeated Republican state Rep. Julia Hurley in the August primary.

McNew also retired from the nuclear industry in Oak Ridge after 36 years of service as an electrician/instrument technician. Cole described himself as a working man.

Beverly Majors can be contacted at (865) 220-5514.

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